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Dorstenia turnerifolia
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Section |
Lecanium |
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Type
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Subshrub or herb |
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Body |
Rhizomatous, stem sometimes branched, 2-3 mm
thick |
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Height |
50-140 cm tall |
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Leaves |
In spirals, (narrowly) lanceolate to oblong, 5-17
x 1-4 cm. |
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Flowers |
Solitary or often 2-3 together, in the leaf axils,
leaf stem pale green, receptacle dark green and flowering face
bright green with purple margins. Leaf stem 0,5-2,5 cm long.
Flowering face 1-2,5 cm in diameter, distinct fringe of 1-1,5 mm
broad. Appendages may occur but are no larger then 2 mm and
ovate to triangular in shape. |
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Reproduction |
Seed |
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Area |
In E Brazil;
In shade or half-shade;
At low altitudes |
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Taxonomical details |
D. turnerifolia Fischer & Meyer, Index
Sem. Hort. Petropolis 11: 63. 1846. D. argentata Hooker
f. (1869). |
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